Creativity and Innovation = Students must earn 4 points from the options below.
Create a fantasy business - Simulate the potential financial needs of starting and operating your own business. The plans should include a marketing scheme, start up costs, overhead, projected revenue, and product distribution plans. Also include a detailed description of your product. 4 points
Create a multimedia sideshow with your own edited pictures on a specific educational, global, or environmental topic 2 points
Create a movie, podcast or electronic book evaluating the medias role in the H1N1 flu outbreak. 3 points
Compare and contrast alternative fuels for cars 2 points
Create your own health and fitness plan and document your progress electronically 3 points
Compare and contrast fossil fuels, wind power and solar as it pertains to generating electricity 2 points
TI-83 Artwork - Create your own artwork using your calculator 1 point
If you like to play Sim City, you are going to love this project! 21st Century Sustainable Development Simulation
Lets say that Howard Twp. has one of the largest parcels of undeveloped land left in Knox County- 105 acres across the street from East Knox High School. In this simulation, you get to decide what you want our community to look like in the year 2020! Here's your chance to contribute your own great ideas on how to make our community a more fun and exciting place to live, work, shop, dine, and play. How can we connect downtown to this parcel? Should a movie studio be there? A movie multiplex? Industry? Housing? Technology? What impact will this have on our schools and our fire department? Feel free to work in teams to explore all these possibilities! Let your voice be heard. Please include a drawing and an essay describing your plan for 2020. 3 points
Critical Thinking and Problem Solving = Students must earn 4 points from the options below.
Read and review the book Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Steven Covey 3 points
Read and review the book The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman 3 points
Read and review the book Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution by Thomas L. Friedman 3 points
Read and review the book Common Sense by Glenn Beck 3 points
Read and review the book High Noon, 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them by J.F. Rischard 3 points
Write your own TI-83 program 1 point
Propose a new amendment to the Constitution, be sure to include your rational for the amendment 2 points
Manage your own blog and post weekly political cartoons that you create using online cartoon creators or original artwork that you can photograph 3 points
Communication and Collaboration = Students must earn 4 points from the options below.
manage your own niche blog (must manage the blog for the entire semester) 3 points
write an article for the school newspaper (article must be published to get credit) 1 point
Philosophy slam essay 2 points
Tutoring - tutor a student one day a week in the middle school 2 points
Speak to a group of students in the 8th and or 9th grade regarding the importance of attendance, course offerings, and GPA in high school. 1 point post your agenda and meeting date on your wiki page
Create a Public Service Announcement, or enhanced podcast 2 points
Global Awareness = 4 points
Participate in a geocaching project outside our school district 2 points
Participate in the management of a student run recycling program 2 points
visit a local water department or landfill and write a reflection of your experience 1 point
Visit a house of worship other than your own and write a reflection of your experience 1 point
Participate in a historical reenactment 2 points
Review a foreign film 1 point
Visit an Art museum or Art show outside the school day and summarize your experience 1 point
Attend a Board of education meeting and summarize your experience 1 point
correspond with students elsewhere in the world on educational topics 2 points
Review a documentary on a global issue 1 point
Food, Inc.
An Inconvenient Truth
Comparative analysis of costs/prices around the world 2 points
Use Rossetta Stone software to study a foreign language 8 points
compare and contrast two different colleges after on campus visits 2 points
write an original poem or story in a foreign language 1 point
Information, Media and Technology skills = Students must earn 8 points from the options below.
Lets say that Howard Twp. has one of the largest parcels of undeveloped land left in Knox County- 105 acres across the street from East Knox High School. In this simulation, you get to decide what you want our community to look like in the year 2020! Here's your chance to contribute your own great ideas on how to make our community a more fun and exciting place to live, work, shop, dine, and play. How can we connect downtown to this parcel? Should a movie studio be there? A movie multiplex? Industry? Housing? Technology? What impact will this have on our schools and our fire department? Feel free to work in teams to explore all these possibilities! Let your voice be heard. Please include a drawing and an essay describing your plan for 2020. 3 points